Shakespeare

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Shakespeares Theater
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A. Outdoor or Public Playhouses

1. The Theatre built by James Burbage in 1576
2. The Curtain
3. The Fortune
4. The Rose
5. The Swan
6. The Hope
7. The Globe

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B. Indoor or Private Playhouse

• The Blackfriars constructed by James Burbage in
  1596

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C. Stage Direction

1. No curtains to mark the end of an act or scene
   have everyone on stage to exit
2. Change props or dialogue to change a location
3. bare stage not really bare
4. Dead on stage
5. balcony scene

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D. Roles of Elizabethan Actors

• Young men played the roles of women